n designing at ‘Home learning’ programs we have ensured they are aligned to the Australian Curriculum, build on the learning that occurred during Term 1 and reflect the tasks and activities to be presented to the students who will continue to attend school in Term 2. In this way students at home and school will experience, as much as possible, a shared learning experience. Learning at home is therefore a viable educational choice.
To achieve a strong connection between the ‘home’ and ‘school’ programs teachers adjust, adapt and modify some tasks for home learners to ensure that they can be successfully completed using online tools and processes and maintain a strong focus on literacy and numeracy.
Learning at Home - Timetables
Suggested timetables are posted on class websites. By indicating how learning at home could be structured these timetables can support caregivers to plan their child’s learning across the day and week. While creating them, teachers also recognise that caregivers will have responsibilities beyond the monitoring of their child’s learning, and they may need to arrange the completion of activities in a flexible manner that allows them to meet their own particular priorities.
Even as we acknowledge this, we need to reiterate the importance of students completing all the activities, related to the key areas of numeracy and literacy each week, so they maintain their academic progress.
How each teacher's home learning program operates will be clearly documented on their website and parents have a responsibility to familiarise themselves with its operation.
These websites provide both broader overviews of learning programs and specific details about how daily activities can be accessed. The website are used in tandem with other software to deliver activities to students.
Designing a website is a complex undertaking and if a caregiver has a positive suggestion for improving a website's navigation or structure, we would welcome their feedback.
Learning at home - a shared responsibility.
Teachers have a responsibility for providing students with a planned learning program and monitoring their progress but the responsibility for ensuring that students engage with this program rests jointly on caregivers and the student themselves. Therefore the Department has established responsibilities for both which are listed here.
The Continuing Role of the Teacher.
While the way in which students access and complete learning may change, the role of the teacher will not.
Teachers will remain responsible for the content students engage with, the feedback they receive and identifying evidence of learning.
Methods for collecting evidence of learning and providing feedback to students.
These are not yet finalised, and staff will be exploring a range of strategies as Term 2 progresses. Being present as students engage in learning tasks at home, parents will gain strong insights into their child/ren’s learning strengths and challenges. How work will be made available for teachers to assess and respond to will vary with the age of students and the type of learning tasks with which they are engaged. Some online learning tasks automatically generate data about a student’s engagement and achievement while other types of tasks will require students or parents to submit completed activities to the class teacher for their assessment. Ways of doing this will evolve as teachers assess the success of different methods and parents will be kept informed of the strategies being employed through the class webpage.
Communicating between home and school.
Teachers webpages will state their preferred methods of communication between home and school both for students and caregivers. The methods they choose may vary in accordance to the purpose of the communication and the age of the students.
To ensure parents and students can have “real time” communication with teachers, each teacher will set a specific time over a week when they will be available to give ‘real time’ responses to your communication. This might be by phone call, text, chat or email. Information about when these times will be and how communication will be undertaken will be shared on their website at the beginning of the term.
Staff will also be exploring the use of video conferencing as the term progresses but initially, until the department settles on its preferred method for implementing this, it will only be in a very limited form, with selected classes, due to technical, bandwidth and security considerations. More information will be made available about video conferencing as the term progresses.
Attendance
All students who are registered as undertaking home learning will be recorded as such in our school attendance records. If while your child is undertaking home learning they become ill and cannot engage in their daily learning tasks please let the school know by a TEXT or phone call and we will record them as away sick.
When can I access the class website?
All class Home Learning Website will open by Thursday 23rd of April. However, some are already available for viewing.
Links to them are at the top of this page.
Teacher's will post Weekly updates 24hrs before the work has to begin so it can be previewed by parents.
In conclusion.
By working in partnership, with goodwill, clear communication and an understanding and appreciation of the pressures we all face in this unprecedented time, staff and parents will be able to provide students with home learning experiences that will be positive, maintain the continuity of their learning and allow them to gain a greater insight into the importance of taking responsibility for their own achievement.
Mark Hansen
Principal
9th April 2020
To achieve a strong connection between the ‘home’ and ‘school’ programs teachers adjust, adapt and modify some tasks for home learners to ensure that they can be successfully completed using online tools and processes and maintain a strong focus on literacy and numeracy.
Learning at Home - Timetables
Suggested timetables are posted on class websites. By indicating how learning at home could be structured these timetables can support caregivers to plan their child’s learning across the day and week. While creating them, teachers also recognise that caregivers will have responsibilities beyond the monitoring of their child’s learning, and they may need to arrange the completion of activities in a flexible manner that allows them to meet their own particular priorities.
Even as we acknowledge this, we need to reiterate the importance of students completing all the activities, related to the key areas of numeracy and literacy each week, so they maintain their academic progress.
How each teacher's home learning program operates will be clearly documented on their website and parents have a responsibility to familiarise themselves with its operation.
These websites provide both broader overviews of learning programs and specific details about how daily activities can be accessed. The website are used in tandem with other software to deliver activities to students.
Designing a website is a complex undertaking and if a caregiver has a positive suggestion for improving a website's navigation or structure, we would welcome their feedback.
Learning at home - a shared responsibility.
Teachers have a responsibility for providing students with a planned learning program and monitoring their progress but the responsibility for ensuring that students engage with this program rests jointly on caregivers and the student themselves. Therefore the Department has established responsibilities for both which are listed here.
The Continuing Role of the Teacher.
While the way in which students access and complete learning may change, the role of the teacher will not.
Teachers will remain responsible for the content students engage with, the feedback they receive and identifying evidence of learning.
Methods for collecting evidence of learning and providing feedback to students.
These are not yet finalised, and staff will be exploring a range of strategies as Term 2 progresses. Being present as students engage in learning tasks at home, parents will gain strong insights into their child/ren’s learning strengths and challenges. How work will be made available for teachers to assess and respond to will vary with the age of students and the type of learning tasks with which they are engaged. Some online learning tasks automatically generate data about a student’s engagement and achievement while other types of tasks will require students or parents to submit completed activities to the class teacher for their assessment. Ways of doing this will evolve as teachers assess the success of different methods and parents will be kept informed of the strategies being employed through the class webpage.
Communicating between home and school.
Teachers webpages will state their preferred methods of communication between home and school both for students and caregivers. The methods they choose may vary in accordance to the purpose of the communication and the age of the students.
To ensure parents and students can have “real time” communication with teachers, each teacher will set a specific time over a week when they will be available to give ‘real time’ responses to your communication. This might be by phone call, text, chat or email. Information about when these times will be and how communication will be undertaken will be shared on their website at the beginning of the term.
Staff will also be exploring the use of video conferencing as the term progresses but initially, until the department settles on its preferred method for implementing this, it will only be in a very limited form, with selected classes, due to technical, bandwidth and security considerations. More information will be made available about video conferencing as the term progresses.
Attendance
All students who are registered as undertaking home learning will be recorded as such in our school attendance records. If while your child is undertaking home learning they become ill and cannot engage in their daily learning tasks please let the school know by a TEXT or phone call and we will record them as away sick.
When can I access the class website?
All class Home Learning Website will open by Thursday 23rd of April. However, some are already available for viewing.
Links to them are at the top of this page.
Teacher's will post Weekly updates 24hrs before the work has to begin so it can be previewed by parents.
In conclusion.
By working in partnership, with goodwill, clear communication and an understanding and appreciation of the pressures we all face in this unprecedented time, staff and parents will be able to provide students with home learning experiences that will be positive, maintain the continuity of their learning and allow them to gain a greater insight into the importance of taking responsibility for their own achievement.
Mark Hansen
Principal
9th April 2020